Chapter 1056 You are finally here!
As the train got closer, Aliang's eyes widened wider and wider, filled with shock, excitement, and delight...
The interweaving of various emotions made him speechless for a while!
Behind the ferocious locomotive, there was a long string of train carriages that seemed to have no end in sight.
Some carriages were shaped like closed, heavy iron cans with densely packed firing holes on them; others were open, fixed with terrifying multi-barreled weapons that he had never seen before; even worse, some were loaded with heavy equipment covered with dark green waterproof canvas, but the outlines of which were clearly tanks or armored vehicles!
Clang--clang--clang--
The steel behemoth roared heavily and rhythmically, crushing the rails and rushing forward with unstoppable momentum.
The huge roar was deafening and the earth was shaking under my feet!
Ah Liang huddled behind the concrete slab. The initial extreme fear was like ice water splashed on his face, making him almost stiff. But when he saw the clear figure on the speeding car—
When he saw those soldiers wearing uniform military uniforms, armed with live ammunition and standing tall, a completely different emotion almost ignited him, like a volcano that had been suppressed for a long time!
Exploding with a bang!!!
It’s the army! It’s the army! The army is coming!
It wasn't an illusion! It wasn't those bandit forces that were ruling the mountains! It wasn't the Yue monkeys that were roaming over from the south!
It was a regular, organized army with power beyond his imagination!
As this thought arose, the huge shock in Aliang's heart was instantly washed away by a flood of ecstasy!
All the grievances, fears and loneliness accumulated after nearly a year of struggling to survive and witnessing countless deaths and despair finally found an outlet!
At this moment, Aliang's eyes were bloodshot due to extreme excitement, and tears flowed uncontrollably, mixing with the dirt on his face.
He was no longer the rat digging for food in the ruins, always afraid of being swallowed by the darkness!
The army is coming! The motherland is coming!
"Wait! Wait for me! I'm here!!" Aliang suddenly jumped up from behind the concrete slab, like a puppet pulled by invisible ropes, all caution and concealment were thrown out of the window.
He waved his arms like crazy and roared with all his strength, but his voice was instantly drowned out by the deafening roar of the train.
He was so anxious that he was jumping for air. The anxiety he felt when he saw the army right in front of him but couldn't get their attention was even greater than his fear when facing the zombies!
What people fear most is seeing hope and then losing it... He couldn't imagine the despair of the army passing by and himself being left behind again!
The train was moving at an extremely high speed, and the carriages passed by him mercilessly.
In a state of desperation, Aliang made an almost instinctive move. He suddenly pulled off the dirty and worn backpack containing all his "belongings" from his shoulder, and with all his strength, he threw it towards an open carriage in the middle of the train like throwing a stone!
The backpack drew a weak arc in the air, and the debris inside (the half pack of precious compressed biscuits, the deflated water bottle, and the waste wires) scattered like flowers from the sky, but it successfully spread out near the roof of the car, attracting a small area of attention.
Almost at the same time, he was no longer satisfied with shouting, but ran like a madman along the rugged roadbed beside the railway line, desperately chasing the train!
He completely ignored the gravel under his feet that tripped him, and the weeds that cut his legs. His lungs were pumping violently like a bellows, and every breath was filled with the smell of blood, but he didn't dare stop. He waved, jumped, and shouted even more frantically as he ran, trying to get himself into the sight of the soldiers on the vehicle.
"Look at me! Look at me! I'm here! A living person! There are still living people here!!" His voice was hoarse and distorted, with a crying tone and an almost desperate begging.
Finally, it seemed as if God heard his cries and the soldiers' attention was drawn to them.
In an open carriage equipped with multiple weapons, two soldiers on guard almost simultaneously noticed a figure running and waving like a madman at the rear side of the railway.
One of them immediately raised the telescope and quickly locked onto Aliang.
"Report! Three o'clock direction! A survivor was found about eighty meters behind the side of the railway embankment! A male, running and trying to get close to the train!" The soldier reported quickly through the in-vehicle communication system, his tone calm but speaking extremely fast.
Soon, more eyes turned towards Aliang.
Although the train didn't slow down, Aliang could clearly feel that he was finally being seen! Those cold, scrutinizing eyes fell on him, but made him feel unprecedented excitement!
He even saw one of the soldiers seem to say something into the communicator, and then wave his arms vigorously and briefly in his direction!
That was not an attacking gesture, but more like a confirmation gesture!
Just this simple action made Aliang feel as if all his strength was drained away. His feet went soft and he fell heavily onto the rubble. His knees and palms were instantly cut and he felt a burning pain.
But he seemed not to feel the pain. He just raised his head and looked at the long steel dragon that continued to move away, breathing heavily, crying and laughing.
They saw me!
They saw me!
——
Soon, accompanied by a sharp braking sound, the train began to slow down and stop. The almost extinguished flame in Aliang's heart burned fiercely at this moment!
Hope, real hope, crashed into his world along with this torrent of steel!
...
After a few minutes
Exhausted, Aliang collapsed on the cold pile of rubble, his chest heaving violently, and every breath carried the smell of rusty blood and the trembling of surviving a disaster.
The wounds on his knees and palms caused by sharp stones were burning with pain, but he was unaware of it. He just looked up at the gray sky, tears mixed with dirty sweat flowing freely, but the corners of his mouth stretched uncontrollably upwards, making a hoarse whimpering sound that sounded like crying and laughing.
The sound of heavy military boots stepping on gravel came from far away, the rhythm was clear and powerful, with a sense of order that was incompatible with the wilderness ruins.
Soon, several tall figures wearing rubber gas masks, military-grade full-coverage jungle camouflage protective suits, rubber gloves, and holding QBZ-191 assault rifles blocked the light above his head.
The soldiers maintained a standard tactical alert posture, scanning the surrounding environment through the glass of their gas masks with sharp and calm eyes, and finally focused on Aliang, who was lying on the ground in a miserable state.
Kaka~
Before Aliang, who was lying on the ground, could react, he was pinned to the ground by two rubber forks, one on the neck and the other on the waist. At the same time, there was the crisp sound of a gun bolt being pulled.
Then, a soldier who looked like a leader squatted down. His movements were quick and decisive. His voice from under the mask came through the gas filter canister, a bit muffled:
"Survivor? Are you the only one?"
Aliang seemed to be burned by the sudden sound. He shuddered and struggled to sit up, but he was pinned down by two forks and could not move.
"Don't move!!" The soldier who was on guard with a gun was startled and his finger subconsciously touched the trigger.
The soldier's roar frightened Ah Liang into silence. He instantly collapsed, a hoarse sound coming from his throat. He tried hard to form words, but due to the extreme emotion and the previous roar, he could only squeeze out a few broken syllables:
"Don't... don't shoot... one... one person... army... army... you..."
"You guys... are finally here!!!"
When he said the last word, Aliang broke down again. This time he was no longer sobbing, but crying uncontrollably!
